Velma revealed as lesbian in new Scooby-Doo cartoon film

What’s new, Scooby-Doo? Velma is a lesbian, apparently.

Reflecting the needs of her creator and confirming the suspicions of legions of followers over time, the orange turtleneck-wearing member of the Thriller Machine confirms her sexual orientation by fawning over a feminine character within the upcoming Halloween-themed animated film “Trick or Deal with Scooby-Doo!”

“It actually didn’t happen to [me] that we had been doing one thing so groundbreaking till proper now,” film director Audie Harrison instructed NPR. “Whereas writing and directing this, I simply got down to have enjoyable with the comedy of a clumsy teenage crush.”

Velma’s infatuation is expressed in scenes the place she blushes and her glasses fog up when first seeing love curiosity Coco Diablo, in addition to one other scene the place she outright admits to Daphne that she’s “crushing huge time.”

Velma’s sexuality has lengthy been a fixation for spin-off creators of the Scooby-Doo franchise. 

James Gunn, who directed the live-action Scooby-Doo films that got here out in 2001 and 2004, stated he wrote Velma as an overtly homosexual girl in his script earlier than studio executives scrubbed that element out.

“In 2001, Velma was explicitly homosexual in my preliminary script” for 2002’s live-action “Scooby-Doo,” Mr. Gunn tweeted in 2020. “However the studio simply saved watering it down & watering it down, changing into ambiguous (the model shot), then nothing (the launched model) & lastly having a boyfriend (the sequel).”

Tony Cervone, the supervising producer for “Scooby-Doo, Thriller Included,” which ran from 2010 to 2013, stated on Instagram in 2020 that “Velma…will not be bi. She’s homosexual.” He later added that “You can’t prefer it, however this was our intention.”

“Trick or Deal with” director Audie Harrison stated Warner Bros. was supportive of this character alternative for Velma.

“Trick or Deal with Scooby-Doo” is obtainable now on Amazon Prime, and will likely be launched on HBO Max on Oct. 16.